He said: “The quality of what happens in terms of training is not just what happens in the classroom, but giving them the opportunity to look at the theory behind how people learn. It gives you a broad overview of education and what education means.”

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Irony is that most of the research led universities that provide the top training to teachers are being side-lined by Gove as they are questioning his policies and rapid experiments that defy the evidence for improvement. The privatisation of schools has already happened and all this means is heads and senior managers are able to increase their pay and reduce their work load - at the cost of the students.

Its very simple- its a tough job and you have to do it- or know someone who does- to find that out. Setting aside the normal media nonsense about "long holiday and short days"...averaged through the year teachers work longer hours than a normal 9-5 day, what with marking and preparing lessons- and one of their biggest challenges is bad, disruptive pupil behavior which in itself deserves an EDP article! I have nothing but admiration for the majority of dedicated teachers who do a very difficult job.